La Messe de Noël à Notre Dame du Perpétuel Secours à Bagdad

Christian devotees light candles before a Christmas mass at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad December 25, 2010.  

Christian devotees attend a Christmas mass at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad December 25, 2010.  

A shire with photographs of those killed in an attack is seen as Iraqi Christians take part in the Christmas day service at the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance/Salvation (Sayidat al-Nejat), in central Baghdad, on December 25, 2010, two months after a violent attack on worshippers in which 46 people were killed in a hostage situation in the church.

Christian devotees walk past a door damaged in the October 31 attack on Our Lady of Salvation church by gunmen, during a Christmas mass in Baghdad December 25, 2010.

Iraqi Christians take part in the Christmas day service at the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance/Salvation (Sayidat al-Nejat), in central Baghdad, on December 25, 2010, two months after a violent attack on worshippers in which 46 people were killed in a hostage situation in the church.

An Iraqi Christian boy takes part in the Christmas day service at the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance/Salvation (Sayidat al-Nejat), in central Baghdad, on December 25, 2010, two months after a violent attack on worshippers in which 46 people were killed in a hostage situation in the church.

A Muslim man prays among pictures of slain Iraqi Christians at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iraqi Christians are marking a somber Christmas in the face of repeated violence by militants intent on driving their beleaguered community from Iraq. 

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